The National Health Insurance Authority’s (NHIA) CEO, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, who also serves as the minister-designate for health, has sent a strong warning to healthcare facilities that accept co-payments to stop.
A co-payment is an amount paid by an insured individual toward the price of other services or medical treatment. During the commissioning of the NHIA’s Savannah Regional offices in Damongo, the call was placed.
The warning from Dr. Okoe Boye is a reaction to many complaints from National Health Insurance Scheme participants, who frequently encounter financial barriers when attempting to access medical care.
Healthcare facilities have defended these co-payments by pointing to inadequate drug payments and reimbursement delays. However, according to Dr. Okoe Boye, there is no longer any excuse for these practices because the government has improved the way money is released to the authorities and medical facilities.
As soon as he became the Minister of Health, he promised the Savannah Region better healthcare. Saeed Muhazu Jibril, the Savannah Regional Minister, for his part, credited the formation of the Savannah Region for better infrastructure development in the region.
